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No charges have been laid and there are no plans to investigate the matter further after the well known “Toronto” sign in Nathan Phillips Square was vandalized during Nuit Blanche, a spokesperson for the City of Toronto said.

“All graffiti has been removed,” media relations spokesperson Wynna Brown told the Star. “There is no permanent damage and no costs incurred.”

On Saturday evening, the sign became an impromptu art project after tags and graffiti were scribbled onto the illuminated letters in what appears to be permanent marker.

Nuit Blanche and City staff worked to clean off the sign, which is now graffiti-free, Brown said.

“I would say this was just kids,” Mayor John Tory told media on Monday. “I mean, most well brought up children shouldn’t do things like that, but having said that, fortunately, they’ve got it all cleaned up.”

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Tory is hoping that “people will be more respectful of city property” and that the event ran “relatively orderly.”

“We got it cleaned up and I trust [people will] show some respect and affection for something the people of Toronto really love,” Tory continued.

Wrote one Twitter user Saturday: “This is why we can’t have nice things!”

In June, the city’s economic development committee voted to take another look at the request for $150,000 to “fine-tune” the illuminated 3D sign. Right now, a staff member has to go to Nathan Phillips Square to change the light patterns; a lighting system proposed could accomplish the task remotely.

Originally planned as a temporary display, the City has already replaced the original cardboard base with strong plastic.

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